(A) Authorized Cities of Dilworth/Moorhead personnel, or its designated representative, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and § 10.20 of this code of ordinances. Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the authorized Cities of Dilworth/Moorhead personnel ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination or in the performance of any of their duties. The Cities of Dilworth/Moorhead, M.P.C.A. and E.P.A. shall have the right to set up on the user’s property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations. The Cities of Dilworth/Moorhead representatives, or its agents, shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
(B) Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into their premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with any security guard so that upon presentation of suitable identification, the authorized Cities of Dilworth/Moorhead personnel, M.P.C.A. and E.P.A. will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purpose of performing their specific responsibilities.
(C) Authorized Cities of Dilworth/Moorhead city personnel, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City of Dilworth holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. 96-2, passed 3-27-1996)